Sain Zahoor

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As a child Sufi street musician Sain Zahoor had recurring dreams about being called away from his family, so he devoted his life to singing at shrines and gained a cult following. He performs tonight with a five-piece ensemble. “Fans of the Sufiana kalams claim that seeing and hearing Sain Zahoor in full flow is the closest anyone alive will get to being in the presence of the Sufi mystics of yore” (BBC Radio 3). In association with Asian Arts Agency.

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Pakistani Sufi musician Sain Zahoor cuts an impressive figure. Dressed in embroidered (kurta), beads, tightly bound turban, as well as ghungroos (anklet-bells worn by dancers), he has spent his life singing at Sufi shrines, but now tours the world to give his intensely transcendant performances. Fans of Sain Zahoor in full flow is the closest anyone alive will get to being in the presence of the the Sufi mystics of times past.

He began at the age of five, when a recurring dream inspired him to go to a guru of kalams (poems of devotional love). Zahoor used to perform exclusively in his native Ojara district of Pakistan, but in 1989 he was invited to the All Pakistan Music Conference, and transported the audience to extreme heights of emotion. He now tours the world, and in 2006, was nominated for a BBC World Music Award, largely based on his word-of-mouth popularity.